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Realism

Ordinary people and working lives, painted as they were, from the 1840s on.

41 works · hang 4326 ·

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

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First room, north wall

  1. A VILLAGE SQUARE
    A Village SquareWalter Shirlaw, 1875–80Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
  2. Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau), by John Singer Sargent, 1883–84
    Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau)John Singer Sargent, 1883–84Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. The Belated Party on Mansfield Mountain, by Jerome B. Thompson, 1858
    The Belated Party on Mansfield MountainJerome B. Thompson, 1858Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

First room, south wall

  1. Stage Fort across Gloucester Harbor, by Fitz Henry Lane, 1862
    Stage Fort across Gloucester HarborFitz Henry Lane, 1862Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Untitled (Cracked Watermelon), by Charles Ethan Porter, ca. 1890
    Untitled (Cracked Watermelon)Charles Ethan Porter, ca. 1890Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Second room, south wall

  1. Washington Crossing the Delaware, by Emanuel Leutze, 1851
    Washington Crossing the DelawareEmanuel Leutze, 1851Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. John Quincy Adams Ward, by Henry Augustus Loop, 1863
    John Quincy Adams WardHenry Augustus Loop, 1863Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. The Yellow Room, by James McNeill Whistler, ca. 1883–84
    The Yellow RoomJames McNeill Whistler, ca. 1883–84Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Second room, north wall

  1. The Veteran in a New Field, by Winslow Homer, 1865
    The Veteran in a New FieldWinslow Homer, 1865Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Roses in a Vase, 1880/1900
    Roses in a VaseUnrecorded French maker, 1880/1900Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
  3. The Pleiades, by Elihu Vedder, 1885
    The PleiadesElihu Vedder, 1885Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  4. Watercolor
    Pink Note–Shelling PeasJames McNeill Whistler, 1882-1884Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution

Third room, north wall

  1. ROOKWOOD POTTERY
    Rookwood PotteryGeorge Gibson, 1886Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
  2. Reapers Resting in a Wheat Field, by John Singer Sargent, 1885
    Reapers Resting in a Wheat FieldJohn Singer Sargent, 1885Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Third room, south wall

  1. Talking It Over, by Enoch Wood Perry, 1872
    Talking It OverEnoch Wood Perry, 1872Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, California, by Jules Tavernier, 1878
    Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, CaliforniaJules Tavernier, 1878Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art